AN UNIQUE POSITION.

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18777, 27 October 1932, Page 6

AN UNIQUE POSITION.

THE MARRIAGE LICENSE. THE RESIDENTIAL CLAUSE. The residential clause in a marriage license, requiring either party to the marriage contract to be resident in the town in which the ceremony is to be performed, for at least three days prior to the ceremony, has involved an Auckland prospective bridegroom in an embarrassing position. In order to obtain a marriage lioense in Hamilton, where the ceremony Is to be held, it has been necessary for him to have his place of abode for three nights in the town. When the man became aware of this requirement he was at a loss to surmount the difficulty, for his business obligations in Auckland will remain urgent and pressing until the wedding day. Friends were consulted hastily and a solution was arrived at after much inquiry. The prospective bridegroom decided on the plan of travelling to Hamilton by train on eaoh of three, evenings, remaining the night, and returning to Auckland by an early service car the following morning. His self-imposed duty began on Tuesday evening and he returned to Auckland yesterday and was busily engaged in business. The law demands that “ one of the persons intending marriage shall appear personally before the registrar and shall make his or her solemn declaration that one of the persons has, for the spabe of three days immedlately before the day of making such declaration, had his or her place of abode within the district wherein such marriages to be solemnised.” Were the bride actually to be a resident of Hamilton for the time required, the bridegroom’s problems would have been simple.. The bride is a resident of another part of the Waikato district.